 What are the numbers ? 4. The sum of two numbers is 8590 and their difference is 3480. What are the numbers ? 5. If the sum of two numbers is s and their difference is d, find the numbers. Solution. Let x represent one of the numbers and y the other....  Elementary Algebra - Page 215by Herbert Ellsworth Slaught, Nels Johann Lennes - 1915 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
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